Fidelis Allen
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3673947 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Fidelis Allen |
| PRENOMES | Fidelis |
| SOBRENOME | Allen |
| ASSINATURA | ALLEN F |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Port Harcourt |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2819-5017 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 8 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 2 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 7 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2015 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2023 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Nigeria
The development of socially diverse societies depends on social cohesiveness. Yet the subject has remained mainly understudied. This article discusses the level of social cohesion in Nigeria and its consequences for policy. Using primary and secondary dat
Nigeria
The paper proceeds on the assumption that decoloniality matters in tackling the global climate crisis, conflict, and development at the community level across countries with high vulnerabilities. Africa remains one of the most vulnerable regions in the world. By examining what decolonisation means in climate adaptation and the experience of six communities in three states in the Niger Delta of Nigeria, this article contributes to the conceptualiz…
Democracy, separatist agitation and militarised state response in South East Nigeria
This briefing revisits the dynamics of post-civil-war agitation for a separate state arising from Nigerian state repression in Africa’s largest democracy. It analyses uncertainties among many Nigerians in the south-east of the country and focuses on the recent experience of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a group agitating for a republic of Biafra. It argues for a more democratic order that legitimises equality and social justice as organ…
I Trends in Environmental Activism
There has been an increase in the activities of environmental groups in recent years. Based on the review of forty-five recent scholarly articles on environmental activism, this article focuses on trends in the literature in terms of conceptualization, themes, and directions, as well as it suggests agendas for future research. The article notes climate justice as a key concern for the direction of scholarship on the subject, and covers the themes…
Decolonizing Colonial Development Models in Africa
Decolonizing Colonial Development Models in Africa: A New Postcolonial Critique confronts colonial development models to decolonize methodologies, epistemologies, and the history and practice of development in postcolonial African societies and advocates for Afrocentric alternatives. By taking a critical approach and drawing on postcolonial, postmodern, post-developmental, and post-structural theories, the contributors identify and analyze the ef…
Chosen Trauma, Emotions and Memory in Movements
This paper presents a critical analysis of 'Chosen Trauma' theory and its applicability to social movement responses to oil resource extractive activities in Nigeria. Volkan's (1985, 1997, 2005) formulations on 'collective calamity of groups' ancestors, defined in terms of shared pains suffered at the hands of an enemy is explored using the case of Ogoni and Ijaw movement activities against the Federal Government and oil companies operating in th…
Covid-19 and Sexual and Reproductive Health of Women and Girls in Nigeria
Copious literature exists on how COVID-19 is affecting the sexual and reproductive health of women and girls in the world. Not much is known about the case of Nigeria. Using secondary data in peer-reviewed and grey literature, as well as insights from web searches, this paper explores the impact of measures such as lockdown, closure of schools, travel bans, and social distancing on the sexual and reproductive health of women and girls in Nigeria.…
The State of the Climate Justice Movement in South Africa
On 7 September 2011, four days after my arrival in the School of Development Studies’ Centre for Civil Society (CCS) of the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) in Durban, I found myself involved in
Democracy, separatist agitation and militarised state response in South East Nigeria
This briefing revisits the dynamics of post-civil-war agitation for a separate state arising from Nigerian state repression in Africa’s largest democracy. It analyses uncertainties among many Nigerians in the south-east of the country and focuses on the recent experience of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a group agitating for a republic of Biafra. It argues for a more democratic order that legitimises equality and social justice as organ…
The State of the Climate Justice Movement in South Africa
On 7 September 2011, four days after my arrival in the School of Development Studies’ Centre for Civil Society (CCS) of the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) in Durban, I found myself involved in
The State of the Climate Justice Movement in South Africa
On 7 September 2011, four days after my arrival in the School of Development Studies’ Centre for Civil Society (CCS) of the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) in Durban, I found myself involved in
Covid-19 and Sexual and Reproductive Health of Women and Girls in Nigeria
Copious literature exists on how COVID-19 is affecting the sexual and reproductive health of women and girls in the world. Not much is known about the case of Nigeria. Using secondary data in peer-reviewed and grey literature, as well as insights from web searches, this paper explores the impact of measures such as lockdown, closure of schools, travel bans, and social distancing on the sexual and reproductive health of women and girls in Nigeria.…
Decolonizing Colonial Development Models in Africa
Decolonizing Colonial Development Models in Africa: A New Postcolonial Critique confronts colonial development models to decolonize methodologies, epistemologies, and the history and practice of development in postcolonial African societies and advocates for Afrocentric alternatives. By taking a critical approach and drawing on postcolonial, postmodern, post-developmental, and post-structural theories, the contributors identify and analyze the ef…
Chosen Trauma, Emotions and Memory in Movements
This paper presents a critical analysis of 'Chosen Trauma' theory and its applicability to social movement responses to oil resource extractive activities in Nigeria. Volkan's (1985, 1997, 2005) formulations on 'collective calamity of groups' ancestors, defined in terms of shared pains suffered at the hands of an enemy is explored using the case of Ogoni and Ijaw movement activities against the Federal Government and oil companies operating in th…
Nigeria
The development of socially diverse societies depends on social cohesiveness. Yet the subject has remained mainly understudied. This article discusses the level of social cohesion in Nigeria and its consequences for policy. Using primary and secondary dat
Nigeria
The paper proceeds on the assumption that decoloniality matters in tackling the global climate crisis, conflict, and development at the community level across countries with high vulnerabilities. Africa remains one of the most vulnerable regions in the world. By examining what decolonisation means in climate adaptation and the experience of six communities in three states in the Niger Delta of Nigeria, this article contributes to the conceptualiz…
Democracy, separatist agitation and militarised state response in South East Nigeria
This briefing revisits the dynamics of post-civil-war agitation for a separate state arising from Nigerian state repression in Africa’s largest democracy. It analyses uncertainties among many Nigerians in the south-east of the country and focuses on the recent experience of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a group agitating for a republic of Biafra. It argues for a more democratic order that legitimises equality and social justice as organ…
I Trends in Environmental Activism
There has been an increase in the activities of environmental groups in recent years. Based on the review of forty-five recent scholarly articles on environmental activism, this article focuses on trends in the literature in terms of conceptualization, themes, and directions, as well as it suggests agendas for future research. The article notes climate justice as a key concern for the direction of scholarship on the subject, and covers the themes…
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